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Participants as Performers: Investigating the Communicative Enactment of Identity in a Specialized Court Docket

Graber, Hannah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587655151505639

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2020, Bachelor of Science of Communication Studies (BSC), Ohio University, Communication Studies.
The majority of individuals who engage with the criminal justice system go through a quick, standardized, impersonal process of adjudication (Feeley, 1979; McCoy, 2003; Odegaard 2007; Sherwin, 2009). In select courts, however, alternative programs called specialized dockets exist to better serve the needs of convicted individuals who may be particularly susceptible to prison or jail re-entry (Castellano, 2017; Fisler, 2005; Moore & Hiday, 2006). The present study explores a case study of two specialized docket programs in Appalachian United States with analysis guided by communicative theories of performance, narrative, and stigma. The findings demonstrate that program participants navigate stigma and enact parts of their identities in the program through performing different “selves” for the courtroom staff and peer participants. The findings also suggest that informal peer interactions and performances—which primarily took the form of sharing—had the most significant impact on a participant’s identity work in the program.
Laura Black (Advisor)
130 p.
Communication; Political Science
Specialized docket; therapeutic jurisprudence; performance; stigma; narrative; program participants; courtroom; court; substance use disorder; mental illness, DUI; therapy; rehabilitation; alternative adjudication

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  • Graber, H. (2020). Participants as Performers: Investigating the Communicative Enactment of Identity in a Specialized Court Docket [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587655151505639

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Graber, Hannah. Participants as Performers: Investigating the Communicative Enactment of Identity in a Specialized Court Docket . 2020. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587655151505639.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Graber, Hannah. "Participants as Performers: Investigating the Communicative Enactment of Identity in a Specialized Court Docket ." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1587655151505639

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